Most have specific topics for research or patient groups they prefer to fund; some small charities give pump priming for pilot projects.
New technologies will require initial pump priming from government, and close co-operation between industry and academia to initiate research programs.
There is provision in his budget for ' pump priming ' of pilot projects.
Even large companies are often strapped for money and are unlikely to invest in HPC without initial pump priming.
Such projects have been able to attract further major funding from other sources as a result of our early ' pump priming '.